git

To check if your local Git instance is up to date with the remote repository, without making any changes to your current instance or directory, you can follow these steps:

git fetch --dry-run

This command simulates the fetch, showing what would happen without actually retrieving any changes.

Running git remote -v displays the URLs of the remote repositories associated with your Git project.

The command will show both the fetch and push URLs for each remote, which indicate where the local repository can pull from and push changes to.

Here's what the output typically looks like:

When you run:

git reset --soft HEAD~1

Git:

• Removes the last commit locally (only on your dev machine).
• Keeps the changes in your working directory and stages them for recommitting.

It only affects your local repository and cannot be run if the commit has already been pushed to GitHub.

To stop Git from tracking the files you've added to your .gitignore (such as /web/themes/custom/zerotouch/mix-manifest.json and /web/themes/custom/zerotouch/build/), you need to remove them from the Git index (staging area) while keeping the files locally on your system. Here's how to resolve this:

It deletes the last commit (i.e., the last SHA) in GitHub, but it involves rewriting the commit history and requires using a force push.

Steps to Delete the Last Commit from GitHub:

1. Reset Your Local Repository

To delete the last commit, you can use git reset. If you want to completely remove the commit (including changes), you can perform a hard reset:

When you perform a git reset --hard, all changes in the working directory are reverted to match the last commit. New files and changes made after that reset won’t be automatically staged or tracked.

Therefore, if using Visual Studio Code it will show "no changes" because Git has reset the state, and Visual Studio Code is reflecting that status. It won’t know about any new files you added prior to the git reset --hard until you explicitly stage them or add / delete files.